Disinterment Permits. 1. Permits for the disinterment of bodies already buried within the limits of The City of New York will be issued upon written application (on blanks furnished by the Department of Health) of relatives of the deceased, or other persons who furnish sworn evidence from such relatives that they have been authorized by them to apply for such permit. 2. Permits for disinterment must be countersigned by the Sanitary Superintendent or the Assistant Sanitary Superintendent. 3. Bodies which are disinterred must be placed in hermetically sealed caskets or coffins, unless otherwise ordered by the Sanitary Superintendent or Assistant Sanitary Superintendent. Cemeteries. Superintendents and keepers of crematories or cemeteries must not receive permits upon which alterations have been made as to the name, age, place and cause of death, or place of burial. Midwives. The following resolutions relating to midwives were also adopted: Resolved, That rule 6 of the rules and regulations governing the practice of midwifery, adopted by the Board of Health November 6, 1907, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 6. No permit shall be granted to an applicant who has been convicted of criminal practice or "of practicing medicine illegally," and any such conviction shall be sufficient cause for revocation of the permit. Resolved, That the following rules and regulations relating to the legal duties of midwives be and the same are hereby adopted: Reports of births and still-births must be written with black ink upon forms provided by the Department, which will be furnished upon application, personally or by mail. Certificates containing errors of name, date, etc., will be returned and a new certificate required. MORTALITY OF THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1913. There were 1,440 deaths reported during the week with a rate of 13.98 per 1,000 as against 1,593 deaths and a rate of 16.06 during the corresponding week of 1912, a decrease in the death rate of 2.08 points, which corresponds to a decrease of 214 deaths. The principal causes showing decreases were the organic heart diseases, of which 69 fewer deaths were reported; pneumonias, of which 65 fewer deaths were reported; pulmonary tuberculosis, 12 fewer deaths; diseases of the nervous system, 37 fewer deaths, and violence, 17 fewer deaths. Those causes showing increases were diphtheria, 11 more deaths being reported than in the corresponding week of last year; digestive diseases, 24 more deaths; influenza, 7 more, and Bright's disease and nephritis, 9 more. Viewed from the standpoint of the age-grouping, deaths of children under five showed a decrease of 32 deaths, five to sixty-five a decrease of 21, and above sixty-five years of age a decrease of 60 deaths. The death rate of the first five weeks of this year stands at eight-tenths of a point less than that of the corresponding weeks in 1912. VITAL STATISTICS Summary for Week Ending Saturday, 12 m., February 1, 1913. Corrected according to borough of residence. I 19.14 11.43 11.43 789 132 16.06 13.98 †The presence of several large institutions, the great majority of whose inmates are non-residents of the city, increases considerably the death-rate of this Borough. Deaths by Principal Causes, According to Locality and Age. Week Ending Nov Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Tuberculosis... 2. 9. 16. 23. 30. 7. 14. 21. 28. 4. II. 18. 25. I. 452 364 293 317 309 318 338 338 280 397 363 470 274 412 298 395 551 463 472 | 454 304 338 301 333 402 62 61 52 56 Measles Scarlet Fever.. Smallpox....... Typhoid Fever Total...... 1,092 1,071 1,181 1,400 1,213 1,482 1,495 1,636 1,436 1,534 1,991 1,933 1,991 2,127 Total, all causes..... 1,440 1,593 772 1. Typhoid Fever.... 9. Influenza... 12. Other Epidemic 13. Tuberculosis Pul-t 14. Tuberculous Men 19. Organic Heart ingitis....... 15. Other forms of t Tuberculosis...) 16. Cancer, Malig nant Tumor... 17 Simple Meningitis. Of which 17a. Cerebro Spinal Meningitis...... 18. Apoplexy, Soften ing of the Brain Diseases........ 20. Acute Bronchitis.. 21. Chronic Bronchitis. aa. Pneumonia (ex-) cluding Broncho Pneumonia).....) aza Broncho Pneumonia 3. Other tory Diseases... 24. Diseases of the Stomach (Cancer excepted).. as. Diarrhoeal diseases (under 5 years). 6. Appendicitis and Typhilitis...... 7. Hernia. Intestinal Obstruction.... 8. Cirrhosis of Liver... 29. Bright's Disease [ and Ac. Nephritis) to. Diseases of Women (not Cancer) 11. Puerperal Septi cæmia.. ta Other Puerperal Diseases.....** 1 Congenital Debility and Malformations..... 14. Old Age.......... is Violent Deaths.... a. Effects of Heat. b. Other Accidents. c. Homicide.... to Suicide...******** All other causes.... 18 Ill-defined causes.. If the deaths under one month, numbering 108 from all causes, be deducted from the total deaths under one year, the resultant rate will be 48 per 1,000 weekly average births of 1912. Corrected Mortality Among Children, Week Ending February 1, 1913. ⚫ Includes Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Whooping Cough. Deaths According to Cause, Annual Rate per 1,000 and Age, with Meteorology and Number of Deaths in Public Institutions for 14 Weeks. Total deaths... 1,149 1,302 1,216 1,354 1,251 1,420 1,333 1,481 1,403 1,519 1,512 1,546 1,461 1,440 Mean barometer. 29.86 29.97 29.87 29.91 29.93 30.02 29.96 29.81 29.93 29.69 30.16 30.19 30.04 29.84 63.6 63.6 55-3 61.7 71.7 52.9 64.9 6.4 68. 74.6 71.9 66 7 63 1 .72in 1335in 2.33in .72in. .78in .81in .62in Mean humidity.. 62. Inches of rain .8oin 2.26in.28in. or snow.... Mean tempera .99in .65in .... ture (Fahr- 54-4° 51.6° 51.7° 48.3° 40.1° 48. 33.4° 41.1° 33.6 43.6° 39.9° 41.9 41.° 39.4° enheit).. Maximum tem perature 172. 67. 72.° 66. 55. 64.° 46.° 151. 44. 59. 58. 63.° 60. 61. Fahrenheit) Minimum tem (Fahrenheit)) perature 37.⚫ 31. 35. 32. 28. 34.° 18.. 32.0 30.° 18. 18.° 27.0 23 |